How tall was Desi Arnaz?

Desi Arnaz is commonly listed at 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm).

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Desi Arnaz’s 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) is about average for a US man: about 59 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Desi Arnaz beside others

Desi Arnaz is in the middle of the 220 singers we have heights for: Peter Steele (6 ft 8 in) stands 10.5 in (26.2 cm) taller and Édith Piaf (4 ft 8 in) is 1 ft 2 in (35 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Desi Arnaz, 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)